My Sister and Stepdad in the ICU

After checking Al’s blood sugar,

the handsome nurse left the room.

Half out of it, sagging

beneath the ventilator tube,

lower lip adrift, Al glanced at Kimmi

and raised his eyebrows.

She laughed, “I’m old enough

to be that guy’s mother!”

Which of course he knew,

weak as a kitten yet strong enough

to still give Kimmi

some good-natured shit,

their mutual love language.

thank you, sis, for the story